Fill in the Blanks - Automobile Vocabulary-Drew's ESL Fluency Lessons

Lesson 7:

ESL Automobile Vocabulary

ESL Worksheet: Fill in the Blanks Exercise for Automobile Slang

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word from the word bank. Tab between answers. Use only lower case letters for your answers. If your answer is correct, you will be allowed to go on to the next question. If it is not, you will be given the correct answer. Click on the button at the bottom to see your score.

Word Bank

traffic jam to rev the engine get a jump

fender bender peeled out run a light

flashed his brights get a flat road rage

cut me off break down speed trap

tailgate cruise get a ticket

hang a right fish tail pull over

slam on the breaks

Matching exercise Fill in the blanks Fill in the blanks II Word order Listening passage

The other day I decided to go out for a 1). in my new Corvette. I had bought the car a couple of days ago at a car dealership near my house. I knew the car was fast so I had to be careful not to 2). The police like to 3). cars that look fast.

I set off down the road enjoying the ride. It started to rain a little, but I wasn’t worried. I knew that the Corvette had good tires. It turned out that they weren’t as good as I thought. While I was driving down Lamar Street a car pulled out in front of me and 4). . I had to 5). so I wouldn’t hit the car. Since I stopped so fast and the road was slippery the back end of my car did a 6). . This caused me to hit another car. It turned out to be a minor 7). . Nobody was hurt. I was sad because my new car now had a dent and a little bit of body damage. I knew that my car insurance would cover it, but it is still hard to see your new car banged up.

While I was talking to the other driver whom I had hit a police officer pulled up. He asked us who had caused the accident. As we were explaining the situation to him he got a call on his radio. There was a robbery up the street and he had to get over there to help out. He got in his car and 8). . At that point I realized that we were all standing in the middle of the road. There were cars behind us that couldn’t get by. We caused a 9). . One guy 10). so that we would move. The other driver and I decided not to get our car insurance involved in the situation and we both took off. What a day!

Try these other automobile vocabulary exercises in the lesson:

Matching exercise Fill in the blanks Fill in the blanks II Word order Listening passage